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The impact of Basel I capital requirements on bank behaviour and the efficacy of monetary policy

Jablecki, Juliusz - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 1, pp. 16-35

The paper attempts to investigate the influence of the 1988 Basel Accord on bank behavior and monetary policy. It is argued that the Accord was successful in that it forced commercial banks in all of G-10 countries to maintain higher capital ratios. Tentative research suggests, however, that -...

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Sources of inflation in developing countries : evidence from some West African countries

Oladipo, Olajide S.; Ntoko, Alfred; Forrester, Wayne - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 83-102

import prices and exchange rate movements) or predominantly a function of domestic factors. Our results indicated that money …. Also, short run dynamics based on an error correction model indicated that money supply, exchange rate and income, and in … some countries foreign prices have notable effects on inflation. -- inflation ; exchange rate ; money supply ; expected …

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Impact of external debt on economic growth : a case study of Tanzania

Kasidi, Faraji; Said, A. Makame - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 59-82

This study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth of Tanzania for the period of 1990-2010. The study used time series data on external debt and economic performance. It is assumed that external debt helps developing countries to meet developing needs. While debt servicing...

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The applicability of the Edmister model for the assessment of credit risk in Crotian SMEs

Sprcic, Danijela Milos; Klepac, Marija; Suman, Paola - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 2, pp. 163-174

In this paper the applicability of the Edmister model for the assessment of credit risk in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) was examined by testing the hypothesis that the Edmister model is applicable for predicting financial difficulties of SMEs in Croatia. Data from a data base of...

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The dynamics of money supply, exchange rate and inflation in Nigeria

Akinbobola, T. O. - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 117-141

This paper aims at providing quantitative analysis of the dynamics of money supply, exchange rate and inflation in … Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM). The empirical results confirms that in the long run, money supply and exchange rate … effects on inflationary pressure. The possible justification for the inverse effect of money supply on price level is that …

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A lesson to learn from developed countries : the case of state branching deregulation in the US

Guillén, Jorge - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 67-95

The era of US state branching deregulation started in 1970 and ended up with the enactment of the Riegle Neal Act of 1994. One of the purposes of the branching restriction was to avoid bank concentration. The following paper addresses the influence of the state deregulation on commercial...

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Macroeconomic regimes, policies and outcomes in the world

Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 161-187

This paper analyzes entry deterrence strategies at sequential multi-unit Englishtype repeated auctions, motivated by entry deterrence observed at a series of yearly auctions of fishing rights occurring since the early 1990s in the Chilean Sea Bass industrial fishery. It analyzes parametric...

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Some considerations on the challenges to the economic science

Doroftei, Irina Mădălina - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 3 (2012) 1, pp. 20-27

The recent crisis of 2008 has revealed several challenges for the economic science, sparking a considerable amount of debate regarding the profession of economists and the role of macroeconomics and monetary policies. The first question that arose was why there was a lack of anticipation of the...

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Study on Chinese foreign exchange reserves

Zeng, Shihong - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 1, pp. 29-67

In this paper we attempt to determine whether the Chinese foreign exchange reserves have been too large. We empirically analyzed the foreign exchange reserves first by using the rate analysis method and then using the cost-profit method. Using the rate analysis method we found that the Chinese...

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The effectiveness of stock prices on the phase of short-term interest rates : evidence from Eastern European countries

Yıldırım, Nurtac; Ozcelebi, Oguzhan; Kansu, Aydan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 21-35

In recent years the issue of the role of asset prices in monetary setting has become increasingly topical since booms and busts in asset market are associated with the fluctuations in overall economic activity through its impacts on aggregate spending. In this study, we use Smooth Transition...

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